Testimonials

...I would highly recommend Cultural Immersion!!!!! We spent 12 incredible days with Cultural Immersions in Peru including hiking the Inca Trail....

Dennis and Barbara Smith
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...Thank" you for a wonderful exciting trip. Just wanted to take an opportunity to "Thank" you for a wonderful exciting trip to Peru....

Ron & Sharon Teskey.
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...Your service was the most efficient that I can remember. There wasn't a single hitch or glitch during the entire trip....

Kathy & Richard Houchen
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...Thank you for everything! I have never experienced such service in all of our travels....

Mall and Katie Boyd
Washington - United States

...Dear Cultural Immersion we thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Peru with our family...

Rachel & David Sharp
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...Thank you to the team of Cultural Immersion for personalising our encounter of Peru to match our individual travel requirements...

Joanne & Dean McRae
- Australia

...Thank you for organizing this incredible trip for us. This was certainly a wonderful vacation which we will remember for a very long time....

Martina Rozumberkova and Enmanuel Crespo
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...Cultural Immersions, and specifically Eduardo, clearly provided the best experience imaginable....

David Del Giudice
Toronto - Canada

...Now that we are back and settled I wanted to take a minute to thank you for making our trip to Peru so special and remarkable....

Paul and Dana Weiler
California - United States

...All around an excellent experience. Daniel and Carlos our guides were always on time and very knowledgable about the local culture...

Jeffrey & Jessica Van Schaick
North Carolina - United States

...The Family Adventure we took with Cultural Immersion was one of the best guided tours we have ever done...

The Langedijk Family
Rio de Janiero - Brazil

...Thanks to Cultural Immersion, we got far more of an insider's view of the Sacred Valley than we ever imagined would be possible! Thank you for such an incredible vacation....

Kim Jacques and Dan Gross
Colorado - United States

...We were very impressed with the flexibility to design our trip to meet our needs...

Kathryn & Derek Hebel
California - United States

Meet Our Team - Best Peru Tours

Eduardo Becerra Pimentel

Company Manager

Eduardo was born in Cusco, Peru. After completing his secondary school studies at the San Antonio Abad in Cusco, he studied tourism in the Andean University of Cusco. From a young age, he had a major interest in mountain biking. During the ages of 13-16, he represented the Cusco bicycle team and proudly won the Peruvian Mountain Biking Championship. When he was 20 years old, he had the opportunity to travel to the States as part of a work and travel program, where he worked for 2 years in many areas of the hospitality and tourism field. Once he returned back to Peru, he worked as a tour leader and adventure travel tour guide. While working as a tour guide he discovered that his clients not only enjoyed the archeological Incan monuments and the natural attractions that Peru has to offer, but also the culture and traditions of the people, the food, and the undiscovered areas. He also noticed that many of the tourists were very happy to help improve Andean people´s life.

For all of these reasons he decided to set up Cultural Immersion in 2005. He wanted Cultural Immersion to be a travel company with a different concept of traveling, having as a main purpose the entire satisfaction of his clients and also being able to help improve the local economy. Since setting up the company, Eduardo has been working to develop and improve his itineraries, while all the while taking part in volunteer community projects, such as taking a bus of tourists to an Andean community to give gifts to the children every Christmas Day. In 2009, he was invited to the Netherlands as a responsible and sustainable tourism company in a developing country to receive training on entering the European. Eduardo is an entrepreneur with tons of enthusiasm for what he does. Most of the time, he works in the office responding to clients and organizing itineraries but he also likes to welcome his clients to his hometown of Cusco and going with them on some tours as a tour leader to get to know the clients on a personal level. Eduardo will be more than happy to meet you and offer his exceptional services to ensure that you have a wonderful once in a lifetime experience in Peru.

Marilu Tapia Alvarez

Reservations Manager

Marilu was born in Cusco, Peru in 1991, as the youngest child of 4. When studying in primary and secondary school at the Clorinda Girls School in Cusco, she always concentrated in the subjects of computer systems, environment, and English. After completing her secondary studies, she studied Computer systems at the San Antonio Abad University in Cusco. After her studies she had to seek employment and did so in order to help support herself and her family. Now she likes her job and being part of the Cultural Immersion team, she is always enthusiastic and open to learn more and more every day. Today she works as the Reservations Manager for Cultural Immersion and thinks of everyone as family.

Ricardo

Webmaster

Ricardo was born in Cusco, Peru in 1986 and his love for the city has made him stay ever since. After completing his studies at San Francisco Secondary School, he decided he wanted to work with computers and studied Information Technology for 3 years in the Senati Institute of Cusco. After gaining his qualifications in 2007, he started working for a local company in Cusco, where he in charge of developing web pages. Ricardo needed a new challenge and decided that working in the tourism industry was something that he was very interested in. Ricardo became the Web Master of Cultural Immersion and now helps design and creates web pages for the company.

Monique Zasada

Travel Advisor

Monique was born in Heerlen in 1988, in the Southern part of The Netherlands. She grew up near the Belgium and German border, creating familiarity by living in an international environment. Monique passion has always been to travel. After finishing high school, she studied 'International Tourism Management & Consultancy' at the NHTV, University of Applied Sciences, in Breda, The Netherlands.

As part of her studies, she has been travelling to several destinations like Cambodia, Vietnam, Iceland, Poland, Bulgaria, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, and some other countries. In 2009, she did her internship in Santiago de Chile in an adventure tour operator. After working in South America she fell in love with the Latin American Culture and decided to visit more destinations in South America. The diversity of Peru and its geography made her decide to come to Peru and work for a long period of time. Now she loves living in Cusco working at Cultural Immersion where she feels she is gaining great experience in the tourism field.

Henri Apaza Carmona

Operations and Book Assitant

Henry was born in Cusco in 1986 and studied at the San Fransico de Asis highschool in Cusco. Gaining love for travelling and tourism, he decided to study tourism at the Khipu Instutitute in Cusco in 2007, an institute specialized in tourism. During his years of study, he has the opportunity to visit many destinations in Peru and South America, such as Uruguay, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina. He has been working in hotels in the Peruvian Amazon, as well as a lodge near the amazing Machu Picchu. At the moment, he enjoys working at Cultural Immersion, where he is developing his working skills in the tourism sector.

Miguel Vergara Ugarte

Tour Guide

Miguel Vergara Ugarte was born in 1974 in the city of Cusco. He studied Primary and high school in Cusco. After finishing high school, his passion for the Pre-Incan and Incan civilizations made him to take the decision to study tourism at the Andina Private Univerisity of Cusco. Miguel has been working for many reputable tour companies in Peru since 2005 and now he is part of the Cultural Immersion team. He is not only passionate by the monuments and archaeological sites but also he has an inclination for the Andean Philosophy, religion and spiritual area, feeling a special respect for the Mother earth which is considered as a sacred element since de ancestral times. Miguel is not only a professional and knowledgeable tour guide but also a great person to have a conversation with and to enjoy your time in Peru. Miguel is always happy to share the knowledge of his ancestors with visitors.

Joana Cortez

Tour Guide

Joana Cortez was born in Cusco in 1985 and lived in the Sacred Valley until she was 7 years old. As a child she learnt Quecha, the native language of the Incas and grew to love her culture, history and traditions. She loves being an English, Spanish, French and German Tour Guide as it allows her to show you her country. In the future she would like to help her local community, especially children in different social and education projects.

Jose Daniel Pelaéz Campos

Tour Guide

Daniel was born in Cusco, Peru in the year of 1978. He carried out his higher education in the National University of San Antonio Abad in Cusco, where he studied history. He worked for many years in cultural and adventure tourism before his love of his Inca Culture, persuaded him to continue his studies in the Technological Upper Institute of Tupac Amaru in Cusco, where he graduated as an official guide. Daniel´s favorite places to tour guide include Machu Picchu and Sacred Valley. His interests include mountain biking and white water rafting.

Carlos Chamorro Concha

Driver

Carlos was born and has lived in Cusco, Peru since 1971. After studying at the National University of San Antonio Abad in Cusco, he decided he wanted to work in the tourism industry. Carlos has gaining a lot of experience from working in the tourism industry since 1999 and likes being able to meet new people. He loves transporting tourists to the beautiful sites and attractions of Peru and as a very safe, cautious and very outgoing driver, we are sure you will enjoy having him as one of your drivers.

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Testimonials

Meet Our Team - Best Peru Tours

Eduardo Becerra Pimentel

Company Manager

Marilu Tapia Alvarez

Reservations Manager

Ricardo

Webmaster

Monique Zasada

Travel Advisor

Henri Apaza Carmona

Operations and Book Assitant

Miguel Vergara Ugarte

Tour Guide

Joana Cortez

Tour Guide

Jose Daniel Pelaéz Campos

Tour Guide

Carlos Chamorro Concha

Driver